Comments on: “Julia - It’s not yours to give!” http://www.mannkal.org/mannerisms/?p=283 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: 3d1k http://www.mannkal.org/mannerisms/?p=283#comment-30395 3d1k Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:40:52 +0000 http://www.mannkal.org/mannerisms/?p=283#comment-30395 Short changing the defence services - wasn't it this government that in the fine print cancelled free airfare family reunion trips to our defence service personnel... What with the Household Assistance Package, carbon tax handout, school kid bonus: all serving to embed a sense of entitlement (and dependence on government largesse) rather than a sense of responsibility, duty and independence. Ensuring the voting bloc of the future... Catallaxy had an intriguing post on electricity costs post July 1, echoes of Warwick McKibbin's forewarning that Treasury models were seriously flawed. RET will only exacerbate the spiralling cost of electricity impacting households, business and government alike. A tax on an essential service - for surely provision of reliable affordable electricity is exactly that. Lunatics are running the show! Short changing the defence services - wasn’t it this government that in the fine print cancelled free airfare family reunion trips to our defence service personnel…

What with the Household Assistance Package, carbon tax handout, school kid bonus: all serving to embed a sense of entitlement (and dependence on government largesse) rather than a sense of responsibility, duty and independence. Ensuring the voting bloc of the future…

Catallaxy had an intriguing post on electricity costs post July 1, echoes of Warwick McKibbin’s forewarning that Treasury models were seriously flawed. RET will only exacerbate the spiralling cost of electricity impacting households, business and government alike. A tax on an essential service - for surely provision of reliable affordable electricity is exactly that.

Lunatics are running the show!

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